What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.
When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.
Never injure a friend, even in jest.
Nature abhors annihilation.
So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.