The Ideal State Is That In Which

Seek To Learn Constantly While You Live; Do Not Wait In The Faith That Old Age By Itself Will Bring Wisdom.

As The Deity Has Given Us Greeks All Other Blessings In Moderation, So Our Moderation Gives Us A Kind Of Wisdom Which Is Timid, In All Likelihood, And Fit For Common People, Not One Which Is Kingly And Splendid. This Wisdom, Such As It Is, Observing That Human Life Is Ever Subject To All Sorts Of Vicissitudes, Forbids Us To Be Puffed Up By The Good Things We Have, Or To Admire A Man's Felicity While There Is Still Time For It To Change.

Often The Wicked Prosper, While The Righteous Starve; Yet I Would Never Exchange My State For Theirs, My Virtue For Their Gold. For Mine Endures, While Riches Change Their Owner Every Day.

Satiety Comes Of Riches And Contumaciousness Of Satiety.

Rich People Without Wisdom And Learning Are But Sheep With Golden Fleeces.