I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.

Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.

Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer.

Envy is not to be conquered but by death.

Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.