Drawing is the true test of art.

You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.