Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati. We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits.
The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.
When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.
My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.