Pure women are only those who have not been asked.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.

You will be safest in the middle.

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.

Pursuits become habits.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.