When we are dead; rugs are no richer than a quick-thorn bed.
One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.
Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !
Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.
Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.
The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.