Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Let the man who does not wish to be idle, fall in love.
There is no excellence uncoupled with difficulties.
What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps with it alone, she lives.
Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .