It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure

You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.

Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.

There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.

Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.

If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.