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.
What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
No emotion falls into dislike so readily as sorrow.
A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
In war there is no prize for runner-up.