To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.