It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
For the gods, instead of what is most pleasing, will give what is most proper. Man is dearer to them than he is to himself.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage money.
Everything in Rome has its price.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher.
Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.