A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?

Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of those battles.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.