Vices that are familiar we pardon, and only new ones reprehend.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.
He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur