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.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.

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

Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.