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

Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

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.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.