You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if...

Umana cosa è l’aver compassione agli afflitti; e come che a ciascuna persona stea bene, a coloro è massimamente richiesto li quali già hanno di conforto avuto mestiere, e hannol trovato in alcuni: fra’ quali,...

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy

While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.

People tend to believe the bad rather than the good

Do as we say, and not as we do

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth

Do as we say, and not as we do.

In this world, you only get what you grab for.