Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.