What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.
Even the bold will fly when they see Death drawing in close enough to end their life.
When people fall in deep distress, their native sense departs.