Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
Those who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.
He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
Take heed lest you stumble.