Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]

Fire is next akin to smoke.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.