You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe--or she will call you ungrateful.

No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

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.

I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.

One genius has made many clever artists.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.