Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.
The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.
There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
My intention is to tell of bodies changed into new forms.