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.

Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously.

Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

Desire can blind us to the hazards of our enterprises.

I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.

By men's words we know them.