In a just cause it is right to be confident.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death.