It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
A man is nothing but breath and shadow.
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
A lie never lives to be old.