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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.