Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
You will go most safely in the middle.
Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.
The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.
The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
Love is a kind of warfare.