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.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

The words of truth are simple.

There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor.

The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.

Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.