The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.

Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.