Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.

You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.

The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.

Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.

Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.

A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.

You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.