The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.

He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the arms of reason and deserted the post of virtue.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.