How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death.
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain.