If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day.
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man's field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.