It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.
He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is infected with the same disease.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.
Our parents, worse than our grandparents, gave birth to us who are worse than they, and we shall in our turn bear offspring still more evil.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.