A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam, A strawberry shows, half drowned in cream? Or seen rich rubies blushing through A pure smooth pearl, and orient too? So like to this, nay all the rest, Is each neat niplet of her breast.

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.

Love is a thing full of anxious fears.

You can learn from anyone even your enemy.

One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.

Fair peace is becoming to men; fierce anger belongs to beasts.

Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina