Jesús de Sirach afirma: «Quien tiene el corazón alegre y contento se conserva vigoroso a través de los años, pero un corazón entristecido reseca los huesos».
For he would rather have, by his bedside, twenty books, bound in black or red, of Aristotle and his philosophy, than rich robes or costly fiddles or gay harps.
When kindled was the fire, with sober faceUnto Diana spoke she in that place. O thou chaste goddess of the wildwood green,By whom all heaven and earth and sea are seen,Queen of the realm of Pluto, da...
Purity in body and heart May please some--as for me, I make no boast. For, as you know, no master of a household Has all of his utensils made of gold; Some are wood, and yet they are of use.
Lo que comenzó mal, rara vez y con muchísima dificultad concluirá bien.
It seems to me that poverty is an eyeglass through which one may see his true friends.
If no love is, O God, what fele I so? And if love is, what thing and which is he?
For sondry scoles maken sotile clerkis;Womman of manye scoles half a clerk is.
La moraleja de todas las tragedias es la misma: que la Fortuna siempre ataca a los reinos prepotentes cuando menos lo esperan.