I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.

Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale

My mind's sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn't like you if you were the best of women, -or stop loving you, no matter what you do.

Stop wishing to merit anyone's gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.

There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est

What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air.