In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.

It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don't get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get.

While the mind is in doubt, it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves.

Fortune helps the brave.