The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

It is quite a common and vulgar thing among humans to understand, foresee, know and predict the troubles of others. But oh what a rare thing it is to predict, know, foresee and understand one's own troubles.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

The age was still dark and reeked of the havoc and misfortunes of the Goths who had put all good literature to destruction. But, by God's goodness, in my time light and dignity were returned to letters, and I see there such improvement that today I would have great difficulty being admitted to the most elementary classes--I, who in my time was reputed to be (and not wrongly) to be the most knowledgeable person of the century.

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.