Virtue consists in fleeing vice.
In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.
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.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.