There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

If you try to cure evil with evil
you will add more pain to your fate.

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away

Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.