A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
Where there are two, one cannot be wretched, and one not.
There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
To the worker, God himself lends aid.
To have found you is a dear happiness; and to be Apollo's son is beyond all my hopes; but there is something I want to say to you alone. Come; this is a private matter between us two - anything you tell me shall be as secret as the grave.