1. Justice is hard, and whenever a man deviates from justice, he feels its weight.
Injustice makes the unjust miserable, and he sees it like seeing a wolf eyeing its prey.

2. Glory is like a lofty palm tree, and no man picks its fruit unless time ripens it.
If the follower destroys the followed, wealth may give him pause when it pauses him.

3. Or chains may restrain him - the spear was the most needful thing the youth possessed when chains restrained him.
The sword does not relieve difficulties or cause them for the one who polished it.

4. The living must inevitably mount a journey, leaving his burdens behind.
The powerful server is not safe on the carpet, nor the mother of forgiveness' necks.

5. You listen to the carrier of news - but do you believe what the conveyors convey?
Money does not attract beauty to a man unless his reason is sound.