Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers.

We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert

Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born

Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues.

Nature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. Variant: NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her.