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

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

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

Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

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

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 the eyes be denied what delights them most?