unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
How easy love makes fools of us.
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.