From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.
If with me you'd fondly stray Over the hills and far away.
I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
'T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.
Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears; Like the notes of a fiddle, she sweetly, sweetly Raises the spirits, and charms our ears.