I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.

Thus I am not able to exist either with you or without you; and I seem not to know my own wishes.

God himself helps those who dare.

Every lover is a soldier.

Nothing is stronger than habit.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.

If you would be loved, be lovable

It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.

Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.

I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.

Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.” "Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.

Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies.

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.)

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.