According as the man is, so must you humour him. |
Is a faith without action a sincere faith? |
I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination. |
In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before. |
Justice in the extreme is often unjust. |
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt. |
There are no secrets that time does not reveal. |
My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled. |
Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it. |
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance. |
I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me. |
Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes! |
It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends. |
Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all? |
Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking. |
I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want. |
A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy. |
The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes. |
Without money honor is merely a disease. |
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. |