A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.
This also, that I live, I consider a gift of God.
To be thoroughly imbued, with the liberal arts refines the manners, and makes men to be mild and gentle in their conduct.
Nothing is swifter than our years.