In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!