Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another |
Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another |
Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless. |
Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit |
Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill. |
She half consents who silently denies |
Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat.: Aere non certo corpora languor habet.] |
Skill makes love unending. |
So long as you are secure, you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone |
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. |
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. |
Take away leisure and Cupid's bow is broken |
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. |
Tears at times have all the weight of speech. |
That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself. |