All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.
We must improve our time; time goes with rapid foot.
A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog.
Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.