The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.
Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.
I teach that all men are mad.
There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.