Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.
What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.