The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves..

Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing..

As shines the moon amid the lesser fires..

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire..

Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, dry up in law; the Muses smell of wine..

To please great men is not the last degree of praise..

Death is the last limit of all things..

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime..

By the favour of the heavens.

I teach that all men are mad..

I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest….

You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, . . ….

No one is born without vices, and he is the best man who is encumbered with the least..

He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him..

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength..

The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.].

Take heed lest you stumble..

I have completed a monument more lasting than brass..

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert..

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money..

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass..