If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.

He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]

If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.

Do you ask what sort of a maid I desire or dislike, Flaccus? I dislike one too easy and one too coy. The just mean, which lies between the two extremes, is what I approve; I like neither that which tortures nor that which cloys.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.