At the point when affection is not frenzy, it is not adore..

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams th….

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need..

When love is not madness, it is not love..

Grief has been compared to a hydra; for every one that dies, two are born..

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost..

All must yield to the weight of years; conquest is not difficult for time..

The dower of great beauty has always been misfortune, since happiness and beauty do not agree together..

The fox is very cunning, but he is more cunning who catches the fox..

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it..

Restless sunflower; cease to move..

Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell..

They say that the best counsel is that of woman..

But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awa….

How surely a knowledge of the world hardens the heart!.

Never confide your secrets to paper; it is like throwing a stone in the air; and if you know who throws the stone, you do not know where it may fall..