1. Bear what your heart can bear, and do not be
Sorrowful, for sorrow cannot be borne

2. How many a flatterer has prosperity left
Standing at his door, while fickleness has cast him down!

3. Be content with your sustenance, for it suffices you,
While extra provision burdens the traveller

4. People are like a caravan: when they travel on,
They sleep, while the riding-beasts are driven along