An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.

Today things are better than yesterday.

Wealth the most excellent of all gods.

Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country's good.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.

Old age is second childhood.

A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.

Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Surely you do not believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them!

To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.