If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

Gifts are like hooks.

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.

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.

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

That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.