Ah, what is more blessed than to put cares away, when the mind lays by its burden, and tired with labor of far travel we have come to our own home and rest on the couch we longed for? This it is which alone is worth all these toils.

What women say to lovers, you'll agree, One writes on running water or on air.

But you shall not escape my iambics.

There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.

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

Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.

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