Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
MARTIALJoys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
More Martial Quotes
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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