The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.

Whatever you want to teach, be brief.

Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.

Envy is not to be conquered but by death.