A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
To me no profitable speech sounds ill.