I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another's woe.
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.