Quotes from Petronius

I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.

Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.

He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

It is fear that first brought gods into the world.

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

The world wants to be deceived.

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.

The pleasure of the act of love is gross and brief and brings loathing after it