To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.