Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable.

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.

The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.

The question is yet before the court.

Anger is short-lived madness.