It is written in the code of love: He who strikes the blow is himself struck down.

The New Year has come to us. / God be blessed for it.

Despair makes us serve evil as much as good.

For this is love's truth; she joins two in one being, makes sweet sour, strangers neighbors, and the lowly noble.

First the lover must learn charity and keep God's law. Then he shall be blessed a hundredfold, and he shall do great things without great effort, and bear all pain without suffering. And so his life will surpass human reason indeed.

love is that burning fire which devours everything and shall never, never cease in all the endless ages to come.

although I have no fish, / I do not want any frog; / Or any elderberries either, / Instead of a bunch of grapes: / Although I have no love, / I do not want anything else, / Whether Love is gracious to me or hostile.