In love there are two evils: war and peace.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.
Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
What has this unfeeling age of ours left untried, what wickedness has it shunned?