The Grape Gains Its Purple Tinge By

Refrain From Doing Ill; For One All Powerful Reason, Lest Our Children Should Copy Our Misdeeds; We Are All Too Prone To Imitate Whatever Is Base And Depraved.

Honesty Is Praised And Left In The Cold.

The Thirst For Fame Is Much Greater Than That For Virtue; For Who Would Embrace Virtue Itself If You Take Away Its Rewards? [lat., Tanto Major Famae Sitis Est Quam Virtutis: Quis Enim Virtutem Amplectitur Ipsam Praemia Se Tollas.]

Wisdom Is The Conqueror Of Fortune. [lat., Victrix Fortunae Sapientia.]

This Is My Wish, This Is My Command, My Pleasure Is My Reason