The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.
The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.
Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.