Ovid

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe, ' three times.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships the poor man everywhere lies low.

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

An evil life is a kind of death.

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.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.