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.
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe--or she will call you ungrateful.
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, "The work of Chloe." How could she have expressed herself more plainly?