Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil.

A man perfect to the finger tips.

Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.

High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.