Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.
Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque revenit. You can drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will nevertheless come back.
As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it
Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life.