Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.
Let Apella the Jew believe it.
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.