Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.
In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.
So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.