Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
MARTIALHe who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
More Martial Quotes
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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