There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.