Have consideration for wounded feelings.
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.
I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.