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 merry if you are wise.

You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.

In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a writeched life

Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.

It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.