Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense, now and then, is pleasant.
Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers.
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.