Base men who prosper are unenviable.
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.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.
Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.