The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Take away leisure and Cupid's bow is broken
Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.