Ovid
Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations.
Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.
They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen.
Resist beginnings; the prescription comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
Qui finem quaeris amoris/Cedit amor rebus; res age, tutus eris.
Intret amicitiae nomine tectus amor.
Iuppiter ex alto periuria ridet amantum.
The fittest for my Wound;
Who best the gentle Passions knows to move;
Ovid, the soft Philosopher of Love:
His Love Epistles for my Friends I chose;
For there I found the Kindred of my Woes.
Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
Nothing is stronger than habit.
Expedit esse deos, et, ut expedit, esse putemus.
So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.
Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor.
Iam seges est ubi Troia fuit.
Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet!
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.