War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.

I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet.

A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der).

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

An old monkey never makes a pretty face.

All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.

I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.