Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.
The grammarians are arguing.
He is not poor who has a competency.
There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so cultivates the golden mean avoids the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense, now and then, is pleasant.