I pray for no more youth To perish before its prime; That Revenge and iron-heated War May fade with all that has gone before Into the night of time.
Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.
High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this.
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.