No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.
No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.