I become a happier man each time I suffer
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
Pity is like eating mustard without beef.
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
Friendship is love without its flowers or veil.
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.
Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
The voice, Afghan matchmakers say, is more than half of love.
People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.
We have shared out, like thieves, the amazing treasures of days and nights.
Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.