Virtue consists in fleeing vice.

Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

Luck cannot change birth.

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

No one is content with his own lot.

Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.