The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.

A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.

There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

Nature and wisdom always say the same.