Busy idleness urges us on.
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.
The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life.
The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.