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

“And now I have finished the work, which neither the wrath of Jove, nor fire, nor the sword, nor devouring age shall be able to destroy.”

“Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.”

“He who can believe himself well, will be well.”

“Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.”

“The burden which is well borne becomes light.”

“O gods, \ If any gods will listen, I deserve \ Punishment surely, I do not refuse it, \ But lest, in living, I offend the living, Offend the dead in death, drive me away \ From either realm, change me somehow, refuse me \ Both life and death! -- Myrrha, before being transformed into a tree”