Quotes from book

Epistles

“He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!”
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe!

“The covetous man is ever in want.”
Semper avarus eget.

“He is not poor who has enough of things to use. If it is well with your belly, chest and feet, the wealth of kings can give you nothing more.”
Pauper enim non est, cui rerum suppetit usus. si ventri bene, si lateri est pedibusque tuis, nil divitiae poterunt regales addere maius.

“Natales grate numeras?”

“He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.”

“My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.”