Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
Live mindful of how brief your life is.
He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.