Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life!

The covetous are always in want.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.