It is not permitted that we should know everything.

The bowl dispels corroding cares.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.

Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.

The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.

Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.