The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.

Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.