It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art.
What ignorance there is in human minds.
Wine prepares the heart for love, unless you take too much.
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.