Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves.

To know all things is not permitted.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.