Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.
Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship.
There is a certain time of life, when we value a good stomach more than the mind.
It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army.
Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.
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.