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.

For life is only life when blessed with health.

A vagrant is everywhere at home.

Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.

No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.

I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee."

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]