One cannot know everything.

He can afford to be a fool.

He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .

I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.

Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)

All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.