Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
A man with courage has every blessing.
The gods play games with men as balls.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.