The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Success is dependent on effort.

There is no success without hardship.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.