We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.
Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens.
Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.
Marble statues, engraved with public inscriptions, by which the life and soul return after death to noble leaders.