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

You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.

No man is quick enough to enjoy life.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, "The work of Chloe." How could she have expressed herself more plainly?

If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]