No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
We are easily duped by those we love.
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.