One must choose between loving women and knowing them.
The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us.
The loss of friends is a tax on age!
Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.
There are other things besides beauty with which to captivate the hearts of men. The Italians have a saying: "Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.