When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

His many other verses show his concern for his family friends teachers and circle of well-to-do acquaintances and his delight in the technical handling of meter. Only the beginning and end are preserved.

310 – ca. His best-known poems are Mosella a description of the river Moselle and Ephemeris an account of a typical day in his life. 394) was a Latin poet and teacher of rhetoric at Burdigala (Bordeaux France).