The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, "The work of Chloe." How could she have expressed herself more plainly?

Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.

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

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

If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.

The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.