He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves.