You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

On day is pressed on by another.

Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.

Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.

Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.