Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.
He who is greedy is always in want.
Gladly take the gifts of the present hour and abandon serious things!
Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start