Do you ask why I am unwilling to marry a rich wife? It is because I am unwilling to be taken to husband by my wife. The mistress of the house should be subordinate to her husband, for in no other way, Priscus, will the wife and husband be on an equality.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
For wealth's now given to none but to the rich.
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.