I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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.