How surely a knowledge of the world hardens the heart!

Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.

Restless sunflower; cease to move.

What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?

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

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

If a pretty woman only knew how anger improved her beauty! Her complexion needs no other paint than indignation.