Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.
As they say of the blind, Sounds are the things I see.