That you may be beloved, be amiable.
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
Dear to girls' hearts is their own beauty.
Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.
When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.