"I, having realized the effects wrought by Time, desire now by means of my writings to give an account of my father's …"

"It is extraordinary that nobody nowadays under the stress of great troubles is turned into stone or a bird or a tree …"

"Even now I cannot believe that I am still alive and writing this account of the emperor's death. I put my hands to my…"

"One such was that braggart Robert, notorious for his power-lust, born in Normandy, but nursed and nourished by manifo…"

"Constantine was Nature's masterpiece, a triumph, as it were, of God's handiwork. One look at him would convince anyon…"

"While the abominable pope with his spiritual peace and evangelic peace, this despot, marched to make war on his own k…"

"Father and son you might liken to caterpillars and locusts, for what was left by Robert, his son fed on and devoured."

"Εἰμί μὲν οὐ φιλόοινος: ὅταν δ᾽ ἐθέλῃς με μεθύσσαι, πρῶτα σὺ γευομένη πρόσφερε, καὶ δέχομαι. εἰ γὰρ ἐπιψαύσεις τοῖς χε…"

"Εἰργομένη φιλέειν με κατὰ στόμα δῖα Ῥοδάνθη ζώνην παρθενικὴν ἐξετάνυσσε μέσην, καὶ κείνην φιλέεσκεν ἐγὼ δέ τις ὡς ὀχε…"

"Τῇ Παφίῃ στεφάνους, τῇ Παλλάδι τὴν πλοκαμῖδα, Ἀρτέμιδι ζώνην ἄνθετο Καλλιρόη: εὕρετο γὰρ μνηστῆρα τὸν ἤθελε, καὶ λάχε…"