Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.
Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea.
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.