Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.

Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

We must not stand upon trifles.

Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.

Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak.

There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.