Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
Wine and women bring misery.
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
One genius has made many clever artists.