All just laws condemn cruelty.

A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two.

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams.

Great events have sent before them their announcements.

The dower of great beauty has always been misfortune, since happiness and beauty do not agree together.

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.