That corner of the world smiles for me more than anywhere else.

What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!

The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

This used to be among my prayers - a piece of land not so very large, which would contain a garden