Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
You would rouse to anger a heart of stone.
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.