Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
Even the gods are moved by the voice of entreaty.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.
Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
If he did not succeed, he at least failed in a glorious undertaking.
The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all.