What has this unfeeling age of ours left untried, what wickedness has it shunned?
Is virtue raised by culture, or self-sown?
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.
As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.