Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant; I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes
Great people create great acts of kindness.
The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.