Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.

Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.

Giving words [is] an act of lovers.

Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they're less than women.

Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.