Petite ville, grand renom. Small town, great renown.

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.

Wait a second while I take a swig off this bottle: it's my true and only Helicon, my Caballine fount, my sole Enthusiasm. Here, drinking, I deliberate, I reason, I resolve and conclude. After the epilogue I laugh, I write, I compose, I drink. Ennius drinking would write, writing would drink.

Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.

There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.

Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws.