The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
MARTIALFortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
More Martial Quotes
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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