Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, but the base and the liar?
For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.