If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.
What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.