Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
The stronger always succeeds.
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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.
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.