Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.

Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.

If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.

Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.

This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.

The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy.

What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!