A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

We are deceived by the appearance of right.

Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our host decrees no water here. Let dullards drink the Nymph's pale brew, The sluggish thin their blood with dew. For such pale stuff we have no use; For us the purple grape's rich juice. Begone, ye chilling water sprite; Here burning Bacchus rules tonight! Catullus, Selections From Catullus No poems can live long or please that are written by water-drinkers.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

Books have their destinies.