Whatever your advice, make it brief.
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.
While we're talking, time will have meanly run on... pick today's fruits, not relying on the future in the slightest.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.