Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
I want to live, and die with you.
Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.