Aphorisms ...

Set yourself to work in the days of youth, for the hours of youth are of gold, the hours of middle age of silver, and the hours of old age of lead; he who knows nothing at twenty will do nothing at thirty and possess nothing at forty. (A sage)

While truths are preparing to appear, and have scarcely finished putting on their shoes, lies have already crossed half the world! (Spurgeon)

Love is the symbol of eternity: it takes no account of times and seasons, such as past and future, and it wipes out all memories of a beginning and all fears of an end. (Auguste Comte)

Marriage is nothing but a duel in the midst of a battle, or a kind of gambling in which the woman stakes her liberty and the man his happiness. (A sage)