You must know for which harbor you are headed, if you are to catch the right wind to take you there.
As the world leads we follow.
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.
But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!
While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.