Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!
The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility.