That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us.
A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.
Painting is silent poetry.
Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.