New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.