As soon as you awake, in order Lay the actions to be done the coming day.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.

Above all have respect for yourself.

When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.

It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.