Fire is next akin to smoke.
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.
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.
He whom the Gods love dies young.