Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
Seize the day [Carpe diem]: trust not to the morrow.
Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.