That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.

Spare the person but lash the vice.

While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.

A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.

He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.

Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.

He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.