The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.

Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.

Be gentle with the young.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

Sit mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body)

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!