I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness.
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est
What women say to lovers, you'll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus