as such a comfort once more to obey
an order

It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics
that we defeat a foe

It is the passionate wish that gives
rise to the belief

Jealousy has a thousand eyes

Judge only by appearances, and never
enquire into the causes

Kisra called wine the soap of sorrow

Know how to honor beauty; and prove it
by taking many wives

Last Day we shall be called to account
for every word we utter

Laugh at him with friendly mockery,
such as hurts no man

Laughing before sunrise causes tears at
evening

Learn early to pass lightly over little
things

Learn to obey, that later you may know
how to command

Life is not a banquet

Life is a function, a ministry, a duty

Life is the fairest fairy tale
(Anderson)

Life is valued so much less by the
young

Life had fulfilled its pledges

Like the cackle of hens, which is
peculiar to Eastern women

Like a clock that points to one hour
while it strikes another

Love has two faces: tender devotion and
bitter aversion

Love means suffering--those who love
drag a chain with them

Love which is able and ready to endure
all things

Love laughs at locksmiths

Love is at once the easiest and the
most difficult

Love overlooks the ravages of years and
has a good memory

Loved himself too much to give his
whole affection to any one

Lovers delighted in nature then as now

Lovers are the most unteachable of
pupils

Maid who gives hope to a suitor though
she has no mind to hear

Man, in short, could be sure of nothing

Man works with all his might for no one
but himself

Man is the measure of all things

Man has nothing harder to endure than
uncertainty

Many creditors are so many allies

Many a one would rather be feared than
remain unheeded

Marred their best joy in life by
over-hasty ire

May they avoid the rocks on which I
have bruised my feet

Medicines work harm as often as good

Men studying for their own benefit, not
the teacher's

Men folks thought more about me than I
deemed convenient

Mirrors were not allowed in the convent

Misfortune too great for tears

Misfortunes commonly come in couples
yoked like oxen

Misfortunes never come singly

Money is a pass-key that turns any lock

More to the purpose to think of the
future than of the past

Mosquito-tower with which nearly every
house was provided

Most ready to be angry with those to
whom we have been unjust

Multitude w