Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.
There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.
envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.
Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd
Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.
The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.