Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
Every man makes a god of his own desire
That which an enraged woman can accomplish.
Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.
Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces