If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch, but she won't say no.
I do not hate the man, but his vices.
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a writeched life