Original text (French)
In general, those who govern children forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.
The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose.
All wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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