Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
It is difficult to administer properly what belongs to all in common.
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet (to chronicle their deeds).
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.