What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.
Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.
Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.
Love is a thing full of anxious fears.