He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.
Time is the devourer of all things.
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand still. As wave is driven on by wave, and, itself pursued, pursues the one before, so the moments of time at once flee and follow, and are ever new.
Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.