Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Gifts are like hooks.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch, but she won't say no.
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.