I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Capture the day, put minimum trust on tomorrow.
Gladly take the gifts of the present hour and abandon serious things!
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.