I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
Dear to girls' hearts is their own beauty.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Put faith in one who's had experience.
Sleep, thou repose of all things; sleep, thou gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mind, from which care flies; who doest soothe the hearts of men wearied with the toils of the day, and refittest them for labor.