Pleasure has its time; so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.