I shall be as secret as the grave.

There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.

The eyes those silent tongues of love.

No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

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.

The ass bears the load, but not the overload.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.