"I sooner will find out the beds of Snakes, And with my youthful blood warm their cold flesh, Letting them curle themselves about my Limbs, Than sleep one night with thee; this is not feign'd, Nor sounds it like the coyness of a Bride."

"Is flesh so earthly to endure all this? Are these the joyes of Marriage? Hymen keep This story (that will make succeeding youth Neglect thy Ceremonies) from all ears."

"Something whispers me, Go not to bed; my guilt is not so great As mine own conscience (too sensible) Would make me think."

"Lay a Garland on my Hearse of the dismal yew; Maidens, Willow branches bear; say I died true: My Love was false, but I was firm from my hour of birth; Upon my buried body lay lightly gentle earth."

"My charity shall go along with thee, Though my embraces must be far from thee."

"I was a world of vertue, Till your curst Court and you (hell bless you for't) With your temptations on temptations Made me give up mine honour."

"Die all our faults together; I forgive thee."

"I am not she: nor bear I in this breast So much cold Spirit to be call'd a Woman: I am a Tyger: I am any thing That knows not pity."

"Why, it is thou that wrongest me, I hate thee, Thou shouldst have kill'd thy self."

"Do not I know the uncontroulèd thoughts That youth brings with him, when his bloud is high With expectation and desires of that He long hath waited for? is not his spirit, Though he be temperate, of a valiant strain, As this our age hath known? what could he do, If such a sudden speech had met his blood, But ruine thee for ever."

"May this a fair example be to me, To rule with temper: for on lustful Kings Unlookt for sudden deaths from heaven are sent! But curst is he that is their instrument."

"Timorous flesh, Why shak'st thou so? away my idle fears."

"Cinthia to thy power, and them we obey. Joy to this great company, and no day Come to steal this night away, Till the rites of love are ended, And the lusty Bridegroom say, Welcome light of all befriended. Pace out you watry powers below, let your feet Like the Gallies when they row, even beat. Let your unknown measures set To the still winds, tell to all That Gods are come immortal great, To honour this great Nuptial."

"Sing his praises that doth keep Our Flocks from harm, Pan the Father of our Sheep, And arm in arm Tread we softly in a round, Whilest the hollow neighbouring ground Fills the Musick with her sound.Pan, O great God Pan, to thee Thus do we sing: Thou that keep’st us chaste and free As the young spring, Ever be thy honour spoke, From that place the morn is broke, To that place Day doth unyoke."

"Day was my night, and night must be my day; The sun shined on my pleasure with my love, And darkness must lend aid to my revenge. The stage of heaven is hung with solemn black, A time best fitting to act tragedies. The night’s great queen, that maiden governess, Musters black clouds to hide her from the world, Afraid to look on my bold enterprise. Cursed creatures, messengers of death, possess the world; Night-ravens, screetch-owls, and voice-killing mandrakes, The ghosts of misers, that imprison’d gold Within the harmless bowels of the earth, Are night’s companions. Bawds to lust and murder, Be all propitious to my act of justice Upon the scandalisers of her fame, That is the lifeblood of deliciousness, Deem’d Isabella, Cupid’s treasurer, Whose soul contains the richest gifts of love: Her beauty from my heart fear doth expel: They relish pleasure best that dread not hell!"

"Duos cum haberet Demea adulescentulos, dat Micioni fratri adoptandum Aeschinum, sed Ctesiphonem retinet. hune citharistriae lepore captum sub duro ac tristi patre frater celabat Aeschinus; famam rei, amorem in sese transferebat; denique fidicinam lenoni eripit. vitiaverat idem Aeschinus civem Atticam pauperculam fidemque dederat hanc sibi uxorem fore. Demea iurgare, graviter ferre; mox tamen ut veritas patefactast, ducit Aeschinus vitiatam, potitur Ctesipho citharistriam."

"Vitium commune omniumst, quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus."

"John Sargeaunt, Terence II: Phormio · The Mother-in-Law · The Brothers, LCL 23 (London: William Heinemann; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1912)"

"Quod hinc accesserit, id de lucro putato esse omne."

"Vetus verbum hoc quidemst, communia esse amicorum inter se omnia."

"Ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius; solum unum hoc vitium adfert senectus hominibus: adtentiores sumus ad rem omnes quam sat est."

"Omnes, quibus res sunt minus secundae, magis sunt nescio quo modo suspiciosi: ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis: propter suam inpotentiam se semper credunt ludier."

"Ut homost, ita morem geras."

"Virginem vitiasti quam te non ius fuerat tangere. iam id peccatum primum magnum, magnum, at humanum tamen: fecere alii saepe item boni."

"Ita vitast hominum quasi quom ludas tesseris: si illud quod maxume opus est iactu non cadit, illud quod cecidit forte, id arte ut corrigas."

"Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium iubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi."

"Quid has metuis fores? conclusam hic habeo uxorem saevam."

"Senectus ipsast morbus (or) Senectus ipsa morbus est."

"Chremetis frater aberat peregre Demipho relicto Athenis Antiphone filio. Chremes clam habebat Lemni uxorem et filiam, Athenis aliam coniugem et amantem unice fidicinam gnatum. mater e Lemno advenit Athenas; moritur; virgo sola (aberat Chremes) funus procurat. ibi eam cum visam Antipho amaret, opera parasiti uxorem accipit. pater et Chremes reversi fremere. dein minas triginta dant parasito, ut illam coniugem haberet ipse: argento hoc emitur fidicina. uxorem retinet Antipho a patruo adgnitam."

"Quot homines tot sententiae: suos quoique mos."

"Nil est dictu facilius."

"Auribus teneo lupum."

"Uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat aut tete amari aut potare atque animo obsequi, et tibi bene esse soli, sibi quom sit male."

"Ut nunc sunt mores: adeo res redit: si quis quid reddit, magna habendast gratia."

"Quam inique comparatumst, ei qui minus habent ut semper aliquid addant ditioribus!"

"Fortis fortuna adiuvat."

"Modo liceat vivere, est spes."

"Quam multa iniusta ac prava fiunt moribus!"

"In militiam proficisci gnatum Cliniam amantem Antiphilam conpulit durus pater animique sese angebat facti paenitens. mox ut reversust, clam patrem devortitur ad Clitiphonem. is amabat scortum Bacchidem. cum accerseret cupitam Antiphilam Clinia, et eius Bacchis venit amica ac servolae habitum gerens Antiphila: factum id quo patrem suam celaret Clitipho. hie technis Syri decem minas meretriculae aufert a sene. Antiphila Clitiphonis reperitur soror: hanc Clinia, aliam Clitipho uxorem accipit."

"Quam ob rem omnis, quom secundae res sunt maxume, tum maxume meditari secum oportet quo pacto advorsam aerumnam ferant."

"Errat longe mea quidem sententia, qui imperium credat gravius esse aut stabilius vi quod fit quam illud quod amicitia adiungitur."

"Nil tam difficilest quin quaerendo investigari possiet."

"Non licet hominem esse saepe ita ut volt, si res non sinit."

"Quid si nunc caelum ruat?"

"Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus."

"Periclum ex aliis facito tibi quod ex usu siet."

"Aquilae senectus."

"Ius summum saepe summast malitia."