Mortal Beauty Stings While It Delights.

It Is In Vain That He Seeks Dominion Abroad, Who Is Not Kingly At Home.

We Absolve A Friend From Gratitude When We Remind Him Of A Favor.

A Woman's Love, Like Lichens Upon A Rock, Will Still Grow Where Even Charity Can Find No Soil To Nurture Itself.

The Breath Becomes A Stone; The Stone, A Plant; The Plant, An Animal; The Animal, A Man; The Man, A Spirit; And The Spirit, A God.

In Politics, Merit Is Rewarded By The Possessor Being Raised, Like A Target, To A Position To Be Fired At.