Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense, now and then, is pleasant.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection.
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.