Ovid

"If you want to be loved, be lovable."

"Love and dignity cannot share the same abode."

"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."

"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence."

"Fortune and love favor the brave."

"If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love."

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

"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"- "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses"

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

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

"Art lies by its own artifice."