Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
I am doubting what to do.
The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.