Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.
Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.
The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine.
Opposition to a man in love is like oil to fire.
Christianity has ever been the enemy of human love.
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.