Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.