Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you?
Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.
Now is not the time for making new enemies.