When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold?
A picture is a poem without words
Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.