We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.
Nothing is swifter than rumor.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
The work you are treating is one full of dangerous hazard, and you are treading over fires lurking beneath treacherous ashes.