Poetry reproduces an indefinable mood that is more amorous than love itself. Venus is not so beautiful all naked, alive, and panting, as she is here in Virgil.

Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing.

All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.

I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.

There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees which are falsehoods on the other

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves.