Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.
Who's started has half finished.
God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.
Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati. We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits.
In giving advice I advise you, be short.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.