It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
The reward of suffering is experience.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
To be rather than to seem.
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
Call no man happy till he is dead.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
So, in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, "With our own feathers, not by others' hand Are we now smitten."
Suffering brings experience.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy well-being.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a helping hand.
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.