Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.
A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.