Things We Not Hope For Often Come

I Had Much Rather Be Adorned By Beauty Of Character Than By Jewels. Jewels Are The Gift Of Fortune, Character Comes From Within.

Property Is Unstable, And Youth Perishes In A Moment. Life Itself Is Held In The Grinning Fangs Of Death, Yet Men Delay To Obtain Release From The World. Alas, The Conduct Of Mankind Is Surprising.

It Is Our Human Lot, It Is Heaven's Will, That Sorrow Follow Joy.

Smooth Words In Place Of Gifts. [lat., Dicta Docta Pro Datis.]

In Everything The Middle Course Is The Best; Everything In Excess Brings Trouble.