Longing performs all things
We Persians have a saying that one should deliberate serious matters first drunk, then sober.
Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.
It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.
To hate excellence is to hate the gods.
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death.