Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day. MARTIAL ContentPreferenceYourself
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter. MARTIAL FriendshipShortWritingYourself
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life. MARTIAL AdversityBraveEasyEnduranceLifeTrue
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros. MARTIAL BuryDeathProfitWifeYourself
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend. MARTIAL BelieveDeserveMyselfWorld
