You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
There is nothing assured to mortals.
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.
The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.