Courage in danger is half the battle.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
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.
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.