Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.

Savage bears agree with one another.

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

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.

Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it