Relationships and Family

As soon Seek roses in December—ice in June; Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff; Believe a woman or an epitaph, Or any other thing that’s false, before You trust in critics.

It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later, a sense of disappointment ensues.

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.