The gods have sent medicines for the venom of serpents, but there is no medicine for a bad woman. She is more noxious than the viper, or than fire itself.
When cheated, wife or husband feels the same.
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long.
The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.