Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.
Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away: enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what to-morrow may produce.