We see not our own backs.
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.
The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.
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.
Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.