Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

They who prosper take on airs of vanity.

Truth is always the first casualty of war.

By suffering comes wisdom.

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.