Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

Brighter than Parian marble.

He is always a slave who cannot live on little.

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

An accomplished man to his fingertips.

If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.