Ovid

Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim
"Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you"

Often she hid at the sight of wild beasts, forgetting what she was; and, though herself a bear, shuddered at sight other bears.

To be loved, be lovable.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.

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

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

I see and approve better things, but follow worse.

The workmanship surpassed the subject matter. -Materiam superabat opus