The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?

Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule.

The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.

The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.

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.

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.