How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
If nothing is delightful without love and jokes, then live in love and jokes.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, teaches new arts.
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.