Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.