An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.
The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.
The best man of all is he who knows everything himself. Good also the man who accepts another's sound advice; but the man who neither knows himself nor takes to hear what another says, he is no good at all.