What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.
Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.
Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.