QUEMADMODUM NEGOCII, SIC ET OCII RATIO HABENDA.
Beneath another may be read—
OCIUM CUM DIGNITATE, NEGOCIUM SINE PERICULO.
And opposite to that, under another figure, is this motto—
VIRTUTIS ET LIBERÆ VITÆ OPTIMA MAGISTRA SOLITUDO.
Beneath another—
PLUS AGUNT QUI NIHIL AGERE VIDENTUR.
And under the last—
QUI AGIT PLURIMA, PLURIMUM PECCAT.
To put it briefly, this room is very ornate with beautiful figures, and likewise very rich in stucco and gold. But to return to Vignuola; how excellent he is in matters of architecture, the works that he has written and published and still continues to write, in addition to his marvellous buildings, bear ample testimony, and in the Life of Michelagnolo we shall say all that it may be expedient for us to say in this connection.