It is not enough to conquer; one must also know how to seduce

It is not enough to conquer, one must [also] learn to seduce.

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

Her breast was young, the nipples rosy. Cosimo just grazed it with his lips, before Viola slid away over the branches as if she were flying, with him clambering after her, and that skirt of hers always in his face

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

I’ll affect you slowly
as if you were having a picnic in a dream.
There will be no ants.
It won’t rain.