One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.