All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.
Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.
Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
Conceal thy domestic ills.
I did not become a father because I am fond of children.
The past is certain, the future obscure.