Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away: enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what to-morrow may produce.

Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.

Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.