An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them.
Whom the dawn sees proud, evening sees prostrate.
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.
Golden roofs break men's rest.