“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” 

• “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!“ 
• “Amplicatus, I know that Icarus is buggering you. Salvius wrote this.“ 
• “We two dear men, friends forever, were here. If you want to know our names, they are Gaius and Aulus.“
• “Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion.“
• “On April 19th, I made bread.“
• “ I have buggered men.“
• “If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girlfriend.“
• “It took 640 paces to walk back and forth between here and there ten times.“
• “Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than when they every have before!“
• “Epaphra is not good at ball games.”
• “Two friends were here.  While they were, they had bad service in every way from a guy named Epaphroditus.  They threw him out and spent 105 and half sestertii most agreeably on whores.“
• “Secundus likes to screw boys.“