Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.

Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.

It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.

A vagrant is everywhere at home.

See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?