Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself; may there be plenty of books and many years' store of the fruits of the earth!
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
