What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we!
Telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being and my fame.
Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?
The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.
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.