A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary
Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.
He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
Whatever begins, also ends.