How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
Machination is worth more than force.
Frugality is for the vulgar.
One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.