Labor diligently to increase your property.

I teach that all men are mad.

Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.

The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.