I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.

He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.

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

In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a writeched life

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.

No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.