Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.

Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.

Fame due to the achievements of the mind never perishes.

And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.

Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?

In love, a verse of Mimnermus has more power than one of Homer.

Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress.