It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.