There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Whatever advice you give, be short.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.
I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine.