The true criminal must be defined as a man who commits a crime though he is as decently fed and clothed as others.

The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching.

One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him.

The true criminal must be defined as a man who commits a crime though he is as decently fed and clothed as others.

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.

On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease, we bring forth the wine cups.

Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children.