Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty.

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

I say with Didacus Stella, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself

Like Aesop's fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs

Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints, sighs, suspicions, and cares (heigh-ho my heart is woe), full of silence and irksome solitariness

Be not solitary, be not idle