Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.
The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.
Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.
To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.