The apophthegms of the ancients:
being an historical collection of the most celebrated, elegant, pithy and prudential sayings of all the illustrious personages of antiquity. Expressing their philosophical, civil, and military notions; representing their humour, genius, wit, and manners; and exhibiting a choice variety of curious and improving anecdotes of their lives.
Selected from the Greek and Latin collections of Des. Erasmus, and illustrated with his remarks and explanations ...