You don't know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
No man loves life like him that's growing old.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.