Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero!

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.

A picture is a poem without words.

Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.