Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
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.
Peace is a nursing mother to the land.
Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.
Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.