Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
It is not enough for poems to be fine; they must charm, and draw the mind of the listener at will.
Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?