Illi homo pro amico est, huic amicus non est pro homine; ille amicum sibi parat, hic se amico.
Vienam kiekvienas žmogus — draugas, kitam draugas — ne bet koks žmogus. Pirmasis draugauja dėl savęs, antrasis — dėl draugo.
On that side, “man” is the equivalent of “friend”; on the other side, “friend” is not the equivalent of “man”. The one wants a friend for his own advantage; the other wants to make himself an advantage to his friend.
Nec potest quisquam beate degere qui se tantum intuetur, qui omnia ad utilitates suas convertit: alteri vivas oportet, si vis tibi vivere.
Negali būti laimingas tas, kuris žiūri tik savęs, viską kreipia savo naudai. Jeigu nori gyventi dėl savęs, gyvenk dėl kito.
And no one can live happily who has regard to himself alone and transforms everything into a question of his own utility; you must live for your neighbour, if you would live for yourself.