What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, teaches new arts.
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.