That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.

You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.

What's a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.

He writes nothing whose writings are not read.

I have not hated the man, but his faults.

A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.

However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.