Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
Calamity is virtue's opportunity.