How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.