Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
The reward of pain is experience.
For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.