The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
Nothing is swifter than our years.
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
The spirits run riot in youth.
What is more useful than fire? Yet if any one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he arms his daring hands.