In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a writeched life
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.