Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story.

Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with.

If the gods do evil then they are not gods.

No one is happy all his life long.