Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.
O virtue, I have followed you through life, and find you at last but a shade.
Where there is no wine there is no love.
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.