Transience

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me

Life is too short to be small

Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious

Time bears away all things, even our minds

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

To cease to think creatively is but little different from ceasing to live

A man can die but once.

From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

Take away leisure and Cupid's bow is broken

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness

To describe happiness is to diminish it

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

Take away love and our earth is a tomb