Whatever you want to teach, be brief.
Our parents, worse than our grandparents, gave birth to us who are worse than they, and we shall in our turn bear offspring still more evil.
Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.