Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]

Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.

While I am sane I shall compare nothing to the joy of a friend.

The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.