To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.
I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
Dripping water hollows out a stone
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Skill makes love unending.
The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.