Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.
Time spent in the cultivation of the fields passes very pleasantly.
A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.
It is the act of a coward to wish for death.
The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.