Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.
The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.
We are all gathered to the same fold.
Who after wine, talks of wars hardships or of poverty.