Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
