It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.
It is grievous to be caught.
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.