Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.

In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.

All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Let Apella the Jew believe it.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.