For the godly poet must be chaste himself, but there is no need for his verses to be so.

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.

It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem

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

We see not our own backs.

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

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