No Blessing Lasts Forever.

The Gods Give That Man Some Profit To Whom They Are Propitious. [lat., Cui Homini Dii Propitii Sunt Aliquid Objiciunt Lucri.]

The Prudent Man Really Frames His Own Fortunes For Himself.

Let A Man Who Wants To Find Abundance Of Employment Procure A Woman And A Ship: For No Two Things Do Produce More Trouble If You Begin To Equip Them; Neither Are These Two Things Ever Equipped Enough.

He Who Tries To Protect Himself From Deception Is Often Cheated, Even When Most On His Guard.

One Eye-witness Is Of More Weight Than Ten Hearsays. Those Who Hear, Speak Of Shat They Have Heard; Whose Who See, Know Beyond Mistake. [lat., Pluris Est Oculatus Testis Unus, Quam Auriti Decem. Qui Audiunt, Audita Dicunt; Qui Vident, Plane Sciunt.]