Honesty Is Praised And Left In The

Do Not Pluck The Beard Of A Dead Lion. [lat., Noli Barbam Vellere Mortuo Leoni.]

Of What Use Are Pedigrees, Or To Be Thought Of Noble Blood, Or The Display Of Family Portraits, O Ponticus?

Money Lost Is Bewailed With Unfeigned Tears. [lat., Ploratur Lacrimis Amissa Pecunia Veris.]

One Has No Protecting Power Save Prudence. [lat., Nullum Numen Habes Si Sit Prudentia.]

Limits The Romans' Anxieties To Two Things - Bread And Games.