“Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.”

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

And besides, we lovers fear everything.

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.

Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.

Nothing is stronger than habit.

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.

I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.

Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

God himself helps those who dare.

You will go most safely by the middle way.

All things change; nothing perishes.

A good deed brightens a dark world.

People will try and confine you in adjectives, they will either declare you beautiful or call you ugly, either way it will box you, rise above their perception of you, free yourself and let your deeds define you.

The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.

Every man’s last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave.

Every man’s last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Love must be proved by deeds and not by reasons.

I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile.