Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
As sight is in the eye, so is the mind in the soul!
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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.
Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.