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.
Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.
To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.
Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.