Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.

The dispute is still before the judge.

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.

He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the arms of reason and deserted the post of virtue.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.