The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.

To grow a philosopher's beard.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine.