It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

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.

His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from hour to hour.

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

No one is born without vices, and he is the best man who is encumbered with the least.