If you know anything better than this candidly impart it; if not, use this with me.

In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.

No, but you're wrong now, and always will be.

Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.

That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.