He can afford to be a fool.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.
The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.
In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.