Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Is virtue raised by culture, or self-sown?
All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.