I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia..

By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.].

No man is born without faults..

Faults are soon copied..

I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence). [Lat., Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Favete ling….

Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times..

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story..

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered..

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren..

Small things become small folks..

The glory is for those who deserve..

Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi recte….

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood..

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest ….

Not worth is an example that does not solve the problem..

Sapere aude. Dare to be wise..

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot..

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave..

The same night awaits us all..

My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied..

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire..