I teach that all men are mad.
Nothing is swifter than rumor.
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.