L'amore è come la febbre, nasce e si spegne senza che la volontà vi abbia la più piccola parte. - Stendhal

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

The lover thinks oftener of reaching his mistress than the husband thinks of guarding his wife; the prisoner thinks more often of escape than the jailer thinks of locking the doors. Therefore, in spite of every obstacle, the lover and the prisoner are certain to succeed.

Your water does not refresh me, said the thirsty genie. Yet it is the coolest well in all the Diar Bekir.