Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters.
Marble statues, engraved with public inscriptions, by which the life and soul return after death to noble leaders.
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.
The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.