The mind longs for what it has missed.
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.
Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.
He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.
Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.
I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.