Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.
I prayed only for a small piece of land, a garden, an ever-flowing spring, and bit of woods.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection.
O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.