Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.

Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

If you give up your quiet life, the bow of Cupid will lose its power.

Everything changes, nothing is lost.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

The rose is often found near the nettle.