A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.
If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
Always bring money along with your complaints.
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.