I have not loved the world, nor the world me.
A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!
Tis an old lesson; time approves it true, And those who know it best, deplore it most; When all is won that all desire to woo, The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.
Curiosity kills itself; and love is only curiosity, as is proved by its end.
Till taught by pain, men know not water's worth.