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.
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that's how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee."