Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers.
The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke.