Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future
The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.