The wretched reflect either too much or too little.
Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur