Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.
Boy, I loathe Persian luxury.
As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.