He who reigns within himself and dominates his passions, desires and fears is stronger than a king.
Love must not cloud, but brighten, not disturb, but enlighten the thought, because it must make its place in the heart and reason of man, and not serve him only as an amusement for the external senses, which only arouse passion.
Perhaps he who sits and waits serves the Supreme Will no less.
I cannot praise a weak and timid virtue, without agility and self-contained, that does not attack and has no enemies, and that creeps through life, instead of running through fire and smoke after the crown of immortality.
Virtue is powerless against gossip.
Reason makes you smart and passion blinds you.
In love, pretense is very much like the truth.
A mistake doesn't hurt, but its disclosure does.
To trouble the world by tempting it, that's a sin - and a big one, But it's not serious if you're wrong, when your mistake is shrouded in mystery.
The best proof of love is submission to the will of the one you love.
Grammar commands even kings.
Virtue is the first sign of nobility, and I give less importance to names than to deeds.
An ugly life leads to an ugly death.
The envious die, but envy never.
The attraction that is born contains in itself an inexplicable charm, and all the beauty of love lies in changes.
A noble origin without virtue means nothing. We share in the fame of our forefathers only in so far as we ourselves tend to resemble them. The brightness of their deeds, which enlightens us too, to be like them. The brilliance of their deeds, which illuminates us too, obliges us to give them the same honor, to follow in their footsteps, and not to betray their virtues, if we want to truly consider ourselves their descendants.
How nice to know that you have learned something!
When we are ready to submit to the command of the senses, shame prevents us, always admitting it.
Learn to discover beyond the coldness of words the tumult in the soul and the call of the tender heart.
When a cloaked man with a hat on his head speaks, all absurdity becomes erudition and all nonsense - rational speech.
When the girl is led to the altar with the sila, And virtue often finds its end. For the husband can be quiet about honor Only if he himself is worthy to be loved. And if something grows on husbands' foreheads, They alone are to blame - not the wife and not fate.
If thou hast been deeply wounded in the soul, Pay with oblivion - so our pride tells us; Can't you forget? Then at least pretend.
Don't humble yourself.
A beautiful woman can afford anything, a beautiful woman can be forgiven for anything.
Morality strengthens when the flesh withers.
Whoever won time won in the end.
He who is always sullen, jealous and pessimistic, He is not very successful in love.
Who hasn't known what love is, it's as if he hasn't lived.
Who hasn't lost his mind at least once in his life?
Those who are overly afraid of horns should not get married - there is no other remedy.