“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”

“Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point”

“Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.”

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”

“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”

“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”

“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”

“Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.”

“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”

“Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.”

“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”