Non si trattien lo strale
Quando dall’ arco uscì.
[The word that once escapes the tongue cannot be recalled; the arrow cannot be detained which has once sped from the bow.]
439.
The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.
Goethe.
440.
When the man of a naturally good propensity has much wealth it injures his advancement in wisdom; when a worthless man has much wealth it increases his faults.
Chinese.