When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.

You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.

No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?