Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.

Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?

There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.