Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.