It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.