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| Ampliat ætatis spatium sibi vir bonus; hoc est / Vivere bis vitâ posse priore frui—The good man extends the term of his life; it is to live twice, to be able to enjoy one’s former life. | 1 |
| Casta moribus et integra pudore—Of chaste morals and unblemished modesty. | 2 |
| Cineri gloria sera venit—Glory comes too late to one in the dust. | 3 |
| Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver?—To what harpy’s will shall this carcass fall? | 4 |
| Cupias non placuisse nimis—Do not aim at too much popularity. | 5 |
| Dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus—Wealth now-a-days goes all to the rich. | 6 |
| Difficilis, facilis, jucundus, acerbus es idem; / Nec tecum possum vivere, nec sine te—Cross but easy-minded, pleasant and sour together, I can neither live with thee nor yet without thee. | 7 |
| Fortuna multis dat nimium, nulli satis—To many fortune gives too much, to none enough. | 8 |
| Fumos vendere—To sell smoke. | 9 |
| Hic rogo, non furor est ne moriare mori?—I ask, is it not madness to die that you may not die? | 10 |
| Hoc est / Vivere bis, vita posse priore frui—To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice. | 11 |
| Hominem non odi sed ejus vitia—I do not hate the man, but his vices. | 12 |
| Hominem pagina nostra sapit—My pages concern man. | 13 |
| If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it. | 14 |
| Illa dolet vere quæ sine teste dolet—She grieves sincerely who grieves when unseen. | 15 |
| Illa placet tellus in qua res parva beatum / Me facit, et tenues luxuriantur opes—That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance. | 16 |
| Nobis non licet esse tam disertis, / Qui Musas colimus severiores—We who cultivate the graver Muse are not allowed to be diffuse. | 17 |
| Nolo barbam vellere mortuo leoni—I won’t pluck the beard of a dead lion. | 18 |
| Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare; / Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te—I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee. | 19 |
| Non convivere, nec videre saltem, / Non audire licet; nec Urbe tota / Quisquam est tam prope, tam proculque nobis—I may not live with him, nor even see him or hear him; in all the city there is no one so near me and so far away. | 20 |
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| Non cuicunque datum est habere nasum—Not every man is gifted with a nose, i.e., has the power of keen discernment. | 21 |
| Non est vivere, sed valere, vita—Not to live, but to be healthy is life. | 22 |
| Non scribit, cujus carmina nemo legit—That man does not write whose verses no man reads. | 23 |
| Nos hæc novimus esse nihil—We know that these things are nothing—mere trifles. | 24 |
| Nulli te facias nimis sodalem, / Gaudebis minus et minus dolebis—Be on too intimate terms with no one; if your joy be less, so will your grief. | 25 |
| O pudor! O pietas!—O modesty! O piety! | 26 |
| Omne epigramma sit instar apis, aculeus illi, / Sint sua mella, sit et corporis exigui—Every epigram should be like a bee: have a sting like it, honey, and a small body. | 27 |
| Parcere personis, dicere de vitiis—To spare persons, to condemn crimes. | 28 |
| Pereunt et imputantur—They (hours) pass, and are placed to our account. | 29 |
| Post cineres gloria sera venit—Glory comes too late after one is reduced to ashes. | 30 |
| Principis est virtus maxima nosse suos—It is the greatest merit of a prince to know those his subjects. | 31 |
| Qui fingit sacros auro vel marmore vultus, / Non facit ille deos: qui rogat, ille facit—He does not make gods who fashions sacred images of gold or marble: he makes them such who prays to them. | 32 |
| Quod sis esse velis, nihilque malis: / Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes—Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, neither fear nor wish for your last day. | 33 |
| Rarity imparts a charm; thus early fruits and winter roses are most prized; thus coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while a door ever open tempts no suitor. | 34 |
| Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; / Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest—It is easy in misfortune to despise life; but he does bravely who can endure misery. | 35 |
| Ride si sapis—Laugh, if you are wise. | 36 |
| Rus in urbe—Country in town. | 37 |
| Semper bonus homo tiro—A good man is always green. | 38 |
| Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, Æmiliane—If you are poor, Emilian, you will always be poor. | 39 |
| Si non errasset, fecerat ille minus—If he had not committed an error, his glory would have been less. | 40 |
| Stultus labor est ineptiarum—The labour is foolish that is bestowed on trifles. | 41 |
| Summam nec metuas diem, nec optes—Neither fear nor wish for your last day. | 42 |
| Sunt bona, sunt quædam mediocria, sunt mala plura / Quæ legis—Of those which you read, some are good, some middling, and more are bad. Of books. | 43 |
| Uxori nubere nolo meæ—I will not marry a wife to be my master. | 44 |
| You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death, If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for. | 45 |
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