It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.
Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.
Seize the day [Carpe diem]: trust not to the morrow.
The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future