In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.
When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind.
I can’t live without you or with you.
No man provokes me with impunity.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .
Beauty- it was a favor bestowed by the gods.
The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.
The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.
Everything changes, nothing is lost.
Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative.
Art lies in concealing art.
A lover fears all that he believes.
Destroy our leisure and you break love’s bow.
O fool, what else is sleep but chill death’s likeness?
Put faith in one who’s had experience.
Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.
It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.
Few people want the pleasures they are free to take.
Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.