Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.

The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.

I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine.

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.