Money is life to us wretched mortals.

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

Best is the man who thinks for himself.

A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.

An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.