Birdes of a feather will flocke togither.
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
He writes nothing whose writings are not read.
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.