Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you.
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all.
That death is best which comes appropriately at a ripe age.