Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this -- that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.
Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.
There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.