One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.
Unless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself.
Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.
Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock . Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.