Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.
Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.
Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.