By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
To learn is to be young, however old.
Those who would learn must suffer. In our own despair, against our will, wisdom comes to us.
You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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.
Honor modesty more than your life.