In proverbs of this sort, allegory sometimes results in enigma. Nor is that bad, if you are talking to the learned, or writing; indeed, in the latter case, not even if for the general reader. For things should not be written in such a way that everyone understands everything, but so that they are forced to investigate certain things, and learn. 30

He has finished his education. 43-44

There is no loss from which someone does not realize some gain, except the loss of time. 77

The more honorable is the use of a thing, the more disgraceful is its waste. 77

Again: you should always carry around some good book, by the reading of which you may dispel tedium. 93