You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses much; he more rightly earns the name of happy who is skilled in wisely using the gifts of the gods, and in suffering hard poverty, and who fears disgrace as worse than death.

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?

What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

Little folks become their little fate.

Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.

Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.