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

Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.

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.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe--or she will call you ungrateful.

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!