A novice always behaves with propriety.

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

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.

Givers of great dinners know few enemies.

Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

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.

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