Occupation: Writer Birth: 85 Bc Death: 43
They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine..
It is a bad plan that cannot be altered..
A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things..
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety..
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise..
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly..
A great fortune enslaves its owner..
The eyes start love; intimacy perfects it..
An evil gain equals a loss..
They live ill who expect to live always..
It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores..
To have the universe bear one company would be a great consolation in death..
The anger of lovers renews the strength of love..
Friendship either finds or makes equals..
Past happiness augments present wretchedness..
Look for a tough wedge for a tough log..
When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears..
Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye..
You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot..
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it..
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body..