As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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.
The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.