As I am now; but those who feel it most
Are happier still.—Shelley: Prometheus Unbound.
It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.—
It makes us proud when our love of a mistress is returned: it ought to make us prouder still when we can love her for herself alone, without the aid of any such selfish reflection. This is the religion of love.—Hazlitt: Characteristics.
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding up a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.—Sterne: Koran.
Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a wearisome malady.—La Rochefoucauld: Max. 285.
The king can make a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a’ that,—