To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.
Envy is not to be conquered but by death.
Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.