Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings.
I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.
Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips.
Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.
The rich are never threatened by the poor - they do not notice them.
For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint.