Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.
HoraceMisfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
HoracePeople hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HoraceLeuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
Horace