One cannot know everything.
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet (to chronicle their deeds).
In trying to be concise I become obscure.