We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

A picture is a poem without words.

Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.

If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

There is nothing assured to mortals.

Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?