All is wholesome in the absence of excess.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!

Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.

When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.

Without dance, a man can do nothing.