“Sudden love takes the longest time to be cured.”

“A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him.”

“Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.”

“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”

“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.”

“One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.”

“We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.”