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.

The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.

To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.

One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

When we are dead; rugs are no richer than a quick-thorn bed.

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.