Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.