To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.
What has this unfeeling age of ours left untried, what wickedness has it shunned?
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we would live dear.
The cook cares not a bit for toil, toil, if the fowl be plump and fat
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.