If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of every conceivable disaster or whatever else you will, you are still saying less than it deserves.
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.