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

Away with you, water, destruction of wine!

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

But you shall not escape my iambics.

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

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.

To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?