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.
I will maintain it before the whole world.
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.