To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
A hungry stomach rarely despises common food.
The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.
Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away: enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what to-morrow may produce.
What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?