You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.