He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.
In giving advice I advise you, be short.
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.
The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.
Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not heal. ("sed levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas")
Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.