Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.