“Ambition destroys its possessor.”

“Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree but it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.”

“A wife is the joy of a man's heart.”

“When love is strong a man and a woman can make their bed on a sword's blade. When love grows weak a bed of 60 cubits is not large enough.”

“The burden is equal to the horse's strength.”

“Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent.”

“He dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her. Petra Cotes, for her part, loved him more...”

“When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.”

“When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.”