That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
And did with sighs their fate deplore,Since I must shelter them no more;And if before my joys were such,In having heard, and seen too much,My grief must be as great and high,When all abandoned I shall be,Doomed to a silent destiny.
Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light,That cheats the weary traveler by night,Though on a precipice each step you tread,I am resolved to follow where you lead.
Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.
Each moment of the happy lover’s hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
Each moment of a happy love’s hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
Each moment of a happy lover’s hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this – that he knew nothing yet.
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.