The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.

Call no man happy before he dies.

Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.