It will not stay. God batters at its sails. He is not a lover who does not love forever. It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
The lucky person passes for a genius. He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. Cleverness is not wisdom.