Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.