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

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

Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus

There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.

I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?

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.