Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.

It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.

"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.

He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow.