A spider is proud when it has caught a fly; one man when he has caught a poor hare, and another when he has taken a little fish in a net, and another when he has taken wild boars, and another when he has taken bears, and another when he has taken Sarmatians. Are not these robbers, if you examine their opinions?

How soon will time cover all things.

It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them.

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.

Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.

A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.