It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.
A fearful man is always hearing things.
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.