Fictilis et argenti

Magnus ille est qui fictilibus sic utitur quemadmodum argento, nec ille minor est qui sic argento utitur quemadmodum fictilibus; infirmi animi est pati non posse divitias.


Didis yra tas, kuris naudojasi moliniais indais tarsi sidabriniais. Ne mažesnis ir tas, kuris sidabriniais indais naudojasi tarsi moliniais. Silpnos dvasios tas, kuris nesugeba pakęsti turto.


He is a great man who uses earthenware dishes as if they were silver; but he is equally great who uses silver as if it were earthenware. It is the sign of an unstable mind not to be able to endure riches.