The truth is ever best.

To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.

Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

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.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.