Spesso chi troppo fa, poco fa—Often he who does too much does little. It. Pr.
Spesso d'un gran male nasce un gran bene—Out 35 of a great evil there springs a great good. It. Pr.
Spesso i doni sono danni—Gifts are oftentimes losses. It. Pr.
Spesso la tardità ti toglie l'occasione et la celerità le forze—Tardiness often robs us of opportunity, and too great despatch of our force. Machiavelli.
Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day) in recreation, for sleep itself is a recreation. Add not, therefore, sauce to sauce. Fuller.
Spinner, spin softly, you disturb me. I am praying. Port. Prov.
Spinoza was a God-intoxicated man (Gott-getrunkener 40 Mensch). Novalis.
Spirit is the creator. Spirit hath life in itself. And man in all ages and countries embodies it in his language as the Father. Emerson.
Spirit of Nature! / The pure diffusion of thy essence throbs / Alike in every human heart. / Thou aye erectest there / Thy throne of power unappealable; / Thou art the judge beneath whose nod / Man's brief and frail authority / Is powerless as the wind / That passeth idly by. / Thine the tribunal which surpasseth / The show of human justice, / As God surpasseth man. Schelling.
Spirit-power begins in directing animal power to other than egoistic ends. Ruskin.