I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.
Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship.
Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
Success causes us to be more praised than known.
In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.