The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.
An undertaking beset with danger.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.