Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
Call no man happy before he dies.
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.