It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
Virtue is the first title of nobility.