All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.

To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.

The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.

The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke.