The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.
Nothing is more useful to man that those arts which have no utility.
Beauty is a fragile gift.
All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.
Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]
Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.
Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.
There is a God within us, and we glow when He stirs us.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
The brave find a home in every land.
Time is generally the best doctor.
I hate, and yet must love the thing I hate.
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.
When the roses are gone, nothing is left but the thorn.
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