Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
Spare the person but lash the vice.
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.