Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up.
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.
Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.
Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things.
Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.
The happiest life is to be without thought