He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

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

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.

Our parents, worse than our grandparents, gave birth to us who are worse than they, and we shall in our turn bear offspring still more evil.

Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.