Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.

Brighter than Parian marble.

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?

We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.