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.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.