Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Luck cannot change birth.
Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.
Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is blessed forever.