You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.