Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.
It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.
A picture is a poem without words
Drive Nature from your door with a pitchfork, and she will return again and again.
Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.
Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.