The result justifies the deed.
A short absence is the safest.
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.
Love is a naked child: do you think he has pockets for money?
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.