Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.

Too much sanity may be madness!

Jests that give pains are no jests.

Patience and shuffle the cards.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

God exalts the man who humbles himself.