That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
Live mindful of how brief your life is.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.