Feelings come and go like light troops following the victory of the present; but principles, like troops of the line, are undisturbed, and stand fast. Jean Paul.
Feelings, like flowers and butterflies, last longer the later they are delayed. Jean Paul.
Fehlst du, lass dich's nicht betrüben; Denn der Mangel führt zum Lieben; / Kannst dich nicht vom Fehl befrein, / Wirst du Andern gern verzeihn—Shouldst thou fail, let it not trouble thee, for failure (lit. defect) leads to love. If thou canst not free thyself from failure, thou wilt never forgive others. Goethe.
Feindlich ist die Welt / Und falsch gesinnt; 15 Es liebt ein jeder nur / Sich selbst—Hostile is the world, and falsely disposed. In it each one loves himself alone. Schiller.
Felices errore suo—Happy in their error. Lucan.
Felices ter et amplius / Quos irrupta tenet copula, nec, malis / Divulsus quærimoniis, / Suprema citius solvet amor die—Thrice happy they, and more than thrice, whom an unbroken link binds together, and whom love, unimpaired by evil rancour, will not sunder before their last day. Hor.
Felicitas nutrix est iracundiæ—Prosperity is the nurse of hasty temper. Pr.
Feliciter is sapit, qui periculo alieno sapit—He is happily wise who is wise at the expense of another. M.
Felicity lies much in fancy. Pr. 20
Felicity, not fluency, of language is a merit. Whipple.