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.
A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.
Get money first; virtue comes after.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.