He said that woman is like the ivy-vine,Which, clinging to its oak, grows lush and tall,But, lacking that support, can't thrive at all.

Without dance, a man can do nothing.

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.

Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.

Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.

In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.