Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
A fearful man is always hearing things.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.