Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.
Poverty urges us to do and suffer anything that we may escape from it, and so leads us away from virtue.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.