Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike.

Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears.

An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.

For the gods, instead of what is most pleasing, will give what is most proper. Man is dearer to them than he is to himself.

Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of death, deems length of life the least of nature's gifts and is able to bear any kind of sufferings, knows neither wrath nor desire and believes the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than the loves and feasts and downy cushions of Sardanapalus. Reveal what you are able to give yourself; the only path to a life of tranquility lies through virtue.

Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.