You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

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.

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.

You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.

The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.

There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.