As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

Live mindful of how brief your life is.

Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.

Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.

For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.