He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.