“A little too wise, they say, do ne’er live long.”

“Believe me, wise men don't say ‘I shall live to do that’, tomorrow's life is too late; live today.”
Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere ‘Vivam’: Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie.

“Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.”

“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.”
Sapiens vivit quantum debet, non quantum potest.

“Say that I live, but in such wise that I would not live.”
Vivere me dices, sed sic ut vivere nolim

“If thou canst not hold the golden mean, say and do too little rather than too much.”

“We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.”

“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.”

“We do not have too much intellect and too little soul, but too little intellect in matters of the soul.”

“A man can never have too much Time to himself, nor too little to do. Had I a little son, I would christen him Nothing-To-Do; he should do nothing. Man, I verily believe, is out of his element as long as he is operative. I am altogether for the life contemplative.”