Marcus Valerius Martialis

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.

Gifts are like hooks.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

Virtue extends our days: he live two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.

The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.