Are all ends of life so sad?
We who are placed above the crowd are not climbing ... so we are never out of breath.
Power is a companion it is not easy to part with, when it goes, the zest of life goes with it. With dry eyes and clenched fist, one stares after it, jealous of the next one it will single out.
Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.
To be entirely happy in marriage, the same thing must be important to both.
in much knowledge there is also much grief.