Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.

Where there are no women there are no good manners