Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

Deep in the cavern of the infant's breast; the father's nature lurks, and lives anew.

Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar.

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.

There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.