When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.
Poets wish to profit or to please.
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.
Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.
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.