What's a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.

You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch, but she won't say no.

I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.

If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.