Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven’s the greatest pain in Hell.

To the King, one must give his possessions and his life; but honour is a possession of soul, and the soul is only God’s.

A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel – she should marry.

A friar who asks alms for God’s sake begs for two.

But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth’s sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.

And yet, and yet, in these our ghostly lives, Half night, half day, half sleeping, half awake, How if our waking life, like that of sleep, Be all a dream in that eternal life To which we wake not till we sleep in death.

For man’s greatest crime is to have been born.

In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one sees it.

Restless sunflower; cease to move.

Even in dreams doing good is not wasted.