That grief is light which can take counsel.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.