Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
Smooth out with wine the worries of a wrinkled brow.
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape.