He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .
Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we would live dear.
Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.