A greater liar than the Parthians.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about your fretted roofs.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.