If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.

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.

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]

What quick wit is found in sudden straits!

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.

However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.