As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Those who cross the sea, change sky, but not soul.
Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.