Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.
The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.
Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.
Who ignores the time walks in darkness, and who explores it is illumined by a great light.
Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love.
A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.