There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.