There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure
Do you ask why I am unwilling to marry a rich wife? It is because I am unwilling to be taken to husband by my wife. The mistress of the house should be subordinate to her husband, for in no other way, Priscus, will the wife and husband be on an equality.