The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
It is not safe to despise what Love commands. He reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods.
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
This also, that I live, I consider a gift of God.
Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]