He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.
Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
Love's dominion, like a kings, admits of no partition.
Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
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.
Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand still. As wave is driven on by wave, and, itself pursued, pursues the one before, so the moments of time at once flee and follow, and are ever new.