Death's dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future

The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

Force without reason falls of its own weight.