Do not let a leader lead you on a bad path.
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
Because the newer methods of treatment are good, it does not follow that the old ones were bad: for if our honorable and worshipful ancestors had not recovered from their ailments, you and I would not be here today.
Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.