Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another.
We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.
If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.
What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, teaches new arts.