A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.

Do you ask why I am unwilling to marry a rich wife? It is because I am unwilling to be taken to husband by my wife. The mistress of the house should be subordinate to her husband, for in no other way, Priscus, will the wife and husband be on an equality.

One genius has made many clever artists.

The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.

Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.

If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.

Life's not just about being alive, but being well.