If they are just, they are better than clever.
To women silence gives their proper grace.
The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
You cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
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.
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.