In married life three is company and two none.
What is said of man is nothing; the point is, who says it.
Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.
Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven.
Things are because we see them, and what we see, and how we see it, depends on the Arts that influenced us. To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it comes into existence.