The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.

Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.

I recover my property wherever I find it.

Deference and intimacy live far apart.

unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

We are easily duped by those we love.

The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.