Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.

A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet.

Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.

A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.

Why I love the ancients so much? Aside from everything else, when I read them, the entire past between them and me unfolds at thesame time. The hearts of how many heroes and poets may have been set on fire by Plutarch's biographies which now inspire me with their own and with borrowed flames!

Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.

The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.