Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!

According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.

The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.

I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.

Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.