More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.

Ill-gotten gains work evil.

It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.