Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

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.

Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.

You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original.

Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.