What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.

We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.

Falsehoods border on truths.

Falsehoods border on truths.

If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.

If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

Short boughs, long vintage.

Short boughs, long vintage.