Giovanni Boccaccio

It is better to act and risk regretting it, than to regret not having done anything.

The ties of friendship are closer than those of blood and family.

Making a lot of noise on purpose about a received offense does not lessen the pain, but rather increases the shame.

A kissed mouth does not lose fortune, it rather renews like the moon.

It is a human thing to have compassion for the afflicted; and this, which seems good in every person, should be most demanded of those who needed comfort and found it in others.

In a flock of white doves, a black crow adds even more beauty than the candor of a swan.

Do as we say and not as we do.

Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the right words are used to convey it.