A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

Take the advice of light when you're looking at linens or jewels; Looking at faces or forms, take the advice of the day.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.

Love's dominion, like a kings, admits of no partition.

Sleep, thou repose of all things; sleep, thou gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mind, from which care flies; who doest soothe the hearts of men wearied with the toils of the day, and refittest them for labor.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.