You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.
Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.
While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out at the back.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.