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

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

Everyone has a right to his own course of action.

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.

Things are only worth what you make them worth.