A man is nothing but breath and shadow.
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss.