A lover fears all that he believes.

Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)

Habits change into character.

Hate I shall, if I can; if I can't, I shall love though not willing.

Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand still. As wave is driven on by wave, and, itself pursued, pursues the one before, so the moments of time at once flee and follow, and are ever new.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

Time spent in the cultivation of the fields passes very pleasantly.