The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
The covetous man is ever in want.
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!
Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.