Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine.