Giovanni Boccaccio

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

Do as we say, and not as we do.

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 obstacles arise then still another until if your strength holds out you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

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

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.

It's better to repent what you enjoyed than to repent not having enjoyed anything.