It is grievous to be caught.

Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.

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.

Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Those who covet much suffer from the want.