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.

For wealth's now given to none but to the rich.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence; the other from pride or fear, or from the fact that you cannot take your money with you to the other world.

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.

That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.

I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. -James Oliver 'Tomorrow I will live,' the fool does say; tomorrow itself is late; the wise live yesterday.