Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back.
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.