An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.
Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.