A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.
To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.
Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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.