He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing. The work is the first thing born of this union; if the thing loved is base the lover becomes base.

Of the four elements water is the second in weight and the second in respect of mobility. It is never at rest until it unites with the sea.

The lover is moved by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which perceives, and it unites with it and they become one and the same thing... when the lover is united with the beloved it finds rest there; when the burden is laid down there it finds rest.