Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship.
For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
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.