People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also.