Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack.
If thou wishest to put an end to love, attend to business (love yields to employment); then thou wilt be safe. [Lat., Qui finem quaeris amoris, (Cedit amor rebus) res age; tutus eris.]
Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer.
Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.
You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: be busy, and you will be safe.