Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
When disposition wins us, the features please.
Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself.
The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk.
Even the gods are moved by the voice of entreaty.