The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
What once were vices are manners now.
Mercy often inflicts death.
You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.
There is no fair wind for one who knows not whither he is bound.
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.