Giovanni Boccaccio

It is an old custom among men to be ashamed of poverty, but not of wealth, however acquired.

Love is a more powerful motivator than fear.

The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer himself.

Fortune often delights to make sport of us, and to show us that she is mistress of all things.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a time of happiness in misery.

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

He who fears to suffer, suffers already because he fears.

To have a good wife is the best gift of God.

The wise man is he who knows that he knows nothing.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.