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.
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)