Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Many brave men lived before Agamemnon but all are overwhelmed in eternal night unwept unknown because they lack a sacred poet.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.