Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: September 28. Sundial motto: Martial: Nunc vivit necuter sibi, bonosque / soles effugere atque abire sentit, / qui nobis PEREUNT ET IMPUTANTUR. / Quisquam vivere cum sciat, moratur? Cowley: Now to himself, alas! does neither live / But sees good suns of which we are to give / A strict account, set, and doth march away: / Knows a man how to live, and does he stay?