To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.
To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.
What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say?
If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.
For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.