Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
The more knowledge, the clearer what the doubts are.
Sleepy-head is no longer aroused by tragic imaginings.
Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.
For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.
In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.