"Be kind to me, Gongyla, I ask you..."

"The gorgeous man presents a gorgeous view; The good man will in time be gorgeous, too."

"Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?"

"Truly, I wish I were dead. She was weeping when she left me, and said many things to me, and said this: 'How much we have suffered, Sappho. Truly, I don't want to leave you.'"

"When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly."