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16 Love, like the tear, rises in the eye and falls upon the breast.

Time, not the will, can put an end to love.

Love's wounds are cured by their cause.

The will controls the beginnings of love, but not its endings.

We all seek to know whether we shall be rich; but no one asks whether he shall be good.

The plainer the table, the more wholesome the food.

We should not credit the utterances of an angry spirit.

A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

Reason guides, and not the eye, when chaste women select a husband.

A [haughty] spirit in disgrace is a show for the rabble.

Human reason grows rich by self-conquest.

To know when to fear, is to be in the path of safety.

He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.