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.

The same night awaits us all.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant.

God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.

The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.