Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.
For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.
Labor diligently to increase your property.