Not until after his arrival in Egypt did he learn how Pompey had been received there.

You know that he remained nine months.
How often I have heard it said that Cleopatra understood how to chain him here! This is both true and false.

He was obliged to stay half a year; the following three months he did indeed give to the woman whom he loved.

Ay, the heart of the man of fifty-four had again opened to a great passion.

Like all wounds, those inflicted by the arrows of Eros heal more slowly when youth lies behind the stricken one.