Some men never find prosperity, For all their voyaging, While others find it with no voyaging.
When someone isn't seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.
Nothing happens to man without the permission of God.
Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.
If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.
It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.