"Cupid, the saucy kid, by winged sleep conquered was lying Midway a myrtle copse in grasses spangled with dewdrops. Then from the dark abode of Dis some spirits came flying, Gathering warily round-these ghosts with his fires he had tortured— ... "Lo! my pursuer lies here. Come quickly", quoth Phaedra, "let's tie him". Cruel Scylla exclaimed, "Those lovely tresses! We'll shear him". Colchis and Procne bereaved, "With torturous slaughter draw nigh him". Dido and Canace then, "With relentless weapon we'll spear him". Myrrha, "With faggots of mine", and Evadne, "with fire let us fry him". Byblis and then Arethusa cry out, "In water we'll try him". Cupid awakening sneers, "My pinions, how quickly we'll fly 'em"."

"This famous man, often praised by Quintilian as the greatest orator he had heard, was born in Nimes, a Roman colony, and having moved to Rome to improve his fortune, was currently walking the path of honors . He had been Praetor a short time before; but as he occupied only a mediocre rank in the City, he sought opportunities to make a name for himself at whatever price he paid. He therefore accused Claudia [Pulcra, great-granddaughter of Augustus] of adultery with Furnius, of spells, and of magical operations directed against the Emperor. (Jean-Baptiste-Louis Crevier)"

"Domitius Afer of Nimes [...] held high offices under Tiberius and Caligula and Nero and had previously practiced in the forum, a better orator than a man, although even the reputation of a good orator abandoned him before his lifetime. (Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel)"

"Sine auctore vero propositi libelli nullo crimine locum habere debent. Nam et pessimi exempli nec nostri saeculi est."

"Quamquam longissimus, dies cito conditur."

"Vita hominum altos recessus magnasque latebras habet."

"Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat."

"O morte ipsa mortis tempus indignius!"

"Nam nec historia debet egredi veritatem, et honeste factis veritas sufficit."

"Neque enim soli iudicant qui maligne legunt."

"Ea invasit homines habendi cupido, ut possideri magis quam possidere videantur."

"Quod dubites, ne feceris."

"Plenus annis abit, plenus honoribus."

"Rarum id quidem nihil enim aeque gratum est adeptis quam concupiscentibus."

"By then day had broken everywhere, but here it was still night—no, more than night."

"Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur."

"Mihi autem videtur acerba semper et immatura mors eorum, qui immortale aliquid parant."

"Nescit enim semel incitata liberalitas stare, cuius pulchritudinem usus ipse commendat."

"Multum legendum esse, non multa."

"Everything was done."

"Parvolum differt, patiaris adversa an exspectes; nisi quod tamen est dolendi modus, non est timendi. Doleas enim quantum scias accidisse, timeas quantum possit accidere."

"Impensa monumenti supervacua est; memoria nostri durabit, si vita meruimus."

"Quamlibet saepe obligati, si quid unum neges, hoc solum meminerunt quod negatum est."

"Meminimus quanto maiore animo honestatis fructus in conscientia quam in fama reponatur. Sequi enim gloria, non appeti debet."

"There is nothing to write about, you say. Well, then, write and let me know just this,—that there is nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That's right. I am quite well."

"I contemplate the sort of friend, the sort of man I am now without. He completed his sixty-seventh year, a reasonable age for the sturdiest of us; I acknowledge that. He escaped from an interminable illness; I acknowledge that. He died with his dear ones surviving him, and at a time of prosperity for the state, which was dearer to him than all else; that too I acknowledge. Yet I lament his death as though he were young and in glowing health. I lament it—you can consider me a weakling in this—on my own account, for I have lost the witness, guardian and teacher of my life."

"Quam peritus ille et privati iuris et publici! quantum rerum, quantum exemplorum, quantum antiquitatis tenet! Nihil est quod discere velis quod ille docere non possit; mihi certe quotiens aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est."

"Ornat haec magnitudo animi, quae nihil ad ostentationem, omnia ad conscientiam refert recteque facti non ex populi sermone mercedem, sed ex facto petit."

"The living voice is that which sways the soul."

"Numerantur enim sententiae, non ponderantur; nec aliud in publico consilio potest fieri, in quo nihil est tam inaequale quam aequalitas ipsa."

"Dicere etiam solebat nullum esse librum tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset.."

"Neque enim minus apud nos honestas quam apud alios necessitas valet."

"Omnes enim, qui gloria famaque ducuntur, mirum in modum assensio et laus a minoribus etiam profecta delectat."

"Educentur hic qui hic nascuntur, statimque ab infantia natale solum amare frequentare consuescant."

"Utque in corporibus sic in imperio gravissimus est morbus, qui a capite diffunditur."

"Si computes annos, exiguum tempus, si vices rerum, aevum putes."

"Proinde, dum suppetit vita, enitamur ut mors quam paucissima quae abolere possit inveniat."

"Est omnino iniquum, sed usu receptum, quod honesta consilia vel turpia, prout male aut prospere cedunt, ita vel probantur vel reprehenduntur."

"Poetis mentiri licet."

"Quam multum interest quid a quoque fiat!"

"In numero ipso est quoddam magnum collatumque consilium, quibusque singulis iudicii parum, omnibus plurimum."

"Oportet privatis utilitatibus publicas, mortalibus aeternas anteferre, multoque diligentius muneri suo consulere quam facultatibus."

"Olim nescio quid sit otium quid quies, quid denique illud iners quidem, iucundum tamen nihil agere nihil esse."

"Est enim quaedam etiam dolendi voluptas, praesertim si in amici sinu defleas, apud quem lacrimis tuis vel laus sit parata vel venia."

"Falsum est nimirum quod creditur vulgo, testamenta hominum speculum esse morum."

"Ad quae noscenda iter ingredi, transmittere mare solemus, ea sub oculis posita neglegimu. ... Differimus tamquam saepe visuri, quod datur videre quotiens velis cernere."

"Homines enim cum rem destruere non possunt, iactationem eius incessunt. Ita si silenda feceris, factum ipsum, si laudanda non sileas, ipse culparis."

"Usus, magister egregius."

"Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs.""

"Dixi omnia cum hominem nominavi."