The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.
One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.
The greatest reverence is due to a child! If you are contemplating a disgraceful act, despise not your child's tender years.
Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike.
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.