While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.

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

I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.

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