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

No man is quick enough to enjoy life.

Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.

If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.

If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.

You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.

Gifts are like hooks.