To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics.
Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.