Knowledge is not wisdom: cleverness is not, not without awareness of our death, not without recalling just how brief our flare is. He who overreaches will, in his overreaching, lose what he possesses, betray what he has now. That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human, the unattainably great, is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them.

Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.

The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.