Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.