Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.

People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.

They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.

In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.

Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.

If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.