All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.

The man who falls in love chill find plenty of occupation.

O fool, what else is sleep but chill death's likeness?

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.

To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.