You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
There are as many preferences as there are men.
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.