Make a good use of the present.

Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.

What does not wasting time change! The age of our parents, worse than that of our grandsires, has brought us forth more impious still, and we shall produce a more vicious progeny.

Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves.