Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?

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

Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

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.

Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance, that's why love is so strong. So it can carry you all the way home.

The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.

Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?