What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed.
You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.
I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.