Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of death; the hour flies.

Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser.

You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.

Is then thy knowledge of no value, unless another know that thou possessest that knowledge?

The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready overnight.

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

He who conquers, endures.