1. In somnīs Āfricānus nepōtem suum monuit 'ut aeternam domum caelestem contuērētur [= intuērētur] nēve in praemiīs hūmānīs spem pōneret, sed ipsīus virtūtis illecebrīs/illecebrā [< illicere] ad vērum decus traherētur.'
2. 'Nē tē sermōnibus vulgī dederis!' inquit, 'Sermō omnis ille angustiīs cingitur nec umquam dē ūllō perennis [= perpetuus] fuit, et obruitur hominum interitū et oblīviōne posteritātis [< posterī] exstinguitur.'
3. Aeternum est quod ā sē ipsō ciētur [= movētur], nec quisquam negābit hanc esse nātūram animī; inanimum [= sine animā] est enim omne quod agitātur aliunde [= ex aliā rē] vel pulsū [< pellere] externō.
4. Ut mundum mortālem ipse deus aeternus, sīc fragile [< frangere] corpus animus sempiternus movet.
5. Animus integer [= innocēns] quī, dum inclūsus est in corpore, optimīs in rēbus sē exercuit, ōcius [= celerius] in domum suam caelestem pervolābit [= perveniet volandō].
6. 'Namque' inquit Āfricānus 'eōrum animī quī sē voluptātibus dēdidērunt, corporibus ēlāpsī circum terram ipsam volūtantur [= volvuntur] nec hunc in locum, nisi multīs exagitātī [= vexātī] saeculīs, revertuntur.'
7. Corpus mortuum renāscī [= rūrsus nāscī] nōn potest.
8. Perīculōsum est iter facere per Syrtēs aestuōsās [= turbidās] aut per inhospitālem [<> hospitālem] Caucasum aut per ea loca quae Hydaspēs, flūmen fābulōsum [< fābula], lambit.
9. In zōnā frīgidā nūlla arbor aurā aestīvā [< aestās] recreātur.
10. In zōnā torridā [< torrēre] terra est ārida [= sicca] et nūda; quōcircā [= itaque] ea terra ab Horātiō dīcitur 'domibus negāta'.
11. Ut gladius vāgīnā, ita sagittae pharetrā continentur.