And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.