We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.