- Hostibus, senatus Cincinnato nuntiavit eum factum esse dictatorem.
"While the enemy was approaching, the senate announced to Cincinnatus that he had been made dictator."
- Credo deos immortales sparsisse spiritus In Corpora humana.
"I believe that the immortal gods have sprinkled spirits into human bodies."
- Adulescens sperat se diu victurum esse; senex potest dicere se diu vixisse.
"The young man hopes that he will live for a long time; the old man is able to say that he has lived for a long time."