Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.

Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.