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

There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.

...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.

Too great haste leads us to error.