If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
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.
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.