If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.
There seems to be some pleasure for women in sick talk of one another.
A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.
Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.