He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.

Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.

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.

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

The world wants to be deceived.