Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow their wild oats, where they would not spring up.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.

In everything the middle road is best.

Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.