There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future