He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the arms of reason and deserted the post of virtue.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.
It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.
This used to be among my prayers - a piece of land not so very large, which would contain a garden