If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.

Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.

Life is not living, but living in health.

The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.

Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.