"When I noticed how very many go seriously wrong in their manner of living I concluded that I must apply a corrective …"

"Try not with words the talker to outdo; On all is speech bestowed: good sense on few. (10) Love others so that thou'r…"

"Let not despair o'er ill thy courage take; Not e'en at death doth hope a man forsake. (25) Observe what's past and wh…"

"If wealth abounds, when life draws near its end, Be not a stingy, but a generous friend. (9) If from thy wealth and p…"

"Libros lege. Quae legeris memento. Liberos erudi."

"Alienum noli concupiscere."

"Stultitiam simulare loco, prudentia summa est."

"He knew nat Catoun, for his wit was rude, That bad man sholde wedde his similitude."

"He who lifts up his hand in a threatening manner against a fellow-man, though he may not actually strike him, is desi…"

"In calling his two sons by the names of Gershom and Eliezer, Moses, like Joseph and other righteous men, intended to …"