He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of a woman. [It., Ne l'onde solca, e ne….

Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned. [Lat., Delle belle eruditissima, delle erudite bellissima.].

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so..

Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye..

There is no evil in the world without a remedy..