The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.

Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.

It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.