In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.
When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.
A man perfect to the finger tips.
Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.
Enjoy the present day, trust the least possible to the future.