The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

Those who covet much suffer from the want.

Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.

That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.

What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!