Quam parva sapientia regitur mundus.With how little wisdom the world is governed. Nequicquam sapit qui sibi non sapit, quia sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago.He is wise to no purpose who is not wise regarding himself for without learning, life is but the image of death. Multum sapit qui non diu desipit, et vita brevis nulli superest, qui tempus in illa quærendæ sibi mortis habet.He is very wise who does not long persist in folly for life is so short, and there is no time to seek death. Immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almum quæ rapit hora diem.Not to hope for things to last forever is what the year teaches, and even the hour that speeds the pleasant day. Sapere aude, incipe.Dare to be wise, begin at once.

Quanti est sapere.What a great thing it is to be wise. Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. Mira quædam in cognoscendo suavitas et delectatio, quia cum plus sunt potæ, plus potiuntur aquæ.There is a certain wonderful sweetness and delight in gaining knowledge for the more you have been drinking, the more water you drink.

Auscultare disce, si nescis loqui, itaque nemo solus satis sapit, et qui docet discit.If you do not know how to talk, learn to listen for no one alone is sufficiently wise and the one who teaches, learns. Omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari, et ingratus est qui remotis testibus agit gratiam.All wise people ought to confer and hold converse with each other and he is an ungrateful man who is unwilling to acknowledge his obligation before others. Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, non sua cernunt; hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi, et usque adeone scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter?Those who see the faults of others, but not their own, are wise for others and fools for themselves and is then your knowledge to pass for nothing unless others know of that knowledge?

Idem est ergo beate vivere et secundum naturam.To live happily is the same thing as to live in accordance with nature’s laws. Sapiens qui vigilat, quia usus est optimum magister, et studio sapientia crescit.He is wise who watches for use is the best teacher and wisdom grows by study.

Natura semina scientiæ nobis dedit, scientiam non dedit, itaque sapiens qui prospicit.Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself so the one who is wise looks ahead. Scire ubi aliquid invenire possis, ea demum maxima pars eruditionis est, et primus sapientiæ gradus est falsa intelligere.To know where you can find a thing is the chief part of learning and the first step toward wisdom is to distinguish what is false. Temporibus mores sapiens sine crimine mutat.The wise man does no wrong in changing his habits with the times. Prudens interrogatio quasi dimidium sapientiæ, memento quæ nocent docent.Prudent questioning is, as it were, the half of knowledge. And remember, that which hurts, teaches.