Happy the man who can count his sufferings.

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

It is ill to marry in the month of May.

I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.

Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game.