Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.

Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.

There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.

Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.

In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.