We are deceived by the appearance of right.
All things considered, nothing is beautiful.
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday's excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.