Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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.
They who prosper take on airs of vanity.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.