It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

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?

I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness.

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.

The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.

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