He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.
Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer.
A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.
Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?
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.