“Every lover is a soldier.”

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Little things please little minds.

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

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.

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

Fortune and love favor the brave.

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

Time the devourer of all things.

Love is a kind of warfare.

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

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

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.

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Tokyo is for Lovers.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.

Love is never any better than the lover.

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

Two there are who are never satisfied – the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.

The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.

People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.