Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.

Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.

The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.