Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.

There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.

What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we!

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.

Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.

Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride.