"Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something."
"Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life."
"It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it."
"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way."
"Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence."
"Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form, but with regard to their mode of life."
"The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law."
"All men by nature desire knowledge."
"Bad men are full of repentance."
"Women always worry about things that men forget; men always worry about things women remember."
"As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times."
"Can officially confirm that the way to a man's heart these days is not through beauty, food, sex, or alluringness of character, but merely the ability to seem not very interested in him."