Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.
He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.