In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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.
Call no man happy before he dies.
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.