It is no mean glory to have found favour with the leaders of men. It is not everyone that can get to Corinth. |
It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom and the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherla |
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, so he be man of merit |
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. |
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure. |
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire. |
It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while. |
It's sweet to be silly when the time's right |
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. |
Labor diligently to increase your property. |
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger. |
Leave the rest to the gods. |
Let Apella the Jew believe that, not I. |
Let him who has enough wish for nothing more. |
Let it not be published until the ninth year. |