Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer.

To be thoroughly imbued, with the liberal arts refines the manners, and makes men to be mild and gentle in their conduct.

Few love what they may have.

Simplicity, very rare in our age.

Everything changes, nothing is lost.

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.

Love is a kind of warfare.