Check disease in its approach.
Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!
We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.
Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?
Is then thy knowledge of no value, unless another know that thou possessest that knowledge?
The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready overnight.