“For of fortunes sharpe adversitee The worste kynde of infortune is this, A man to han ben in prosperitee, And it remembren, whan it passed is. Geoffrey Chaucer
“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.Anonymous
“My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter! A sealed bag, two sealed bags of ducats, Of double ducats, stol’n from me by my daughter! William Shakespeare
“A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.Sophocles
“A purse of gold most resolutely snatched on Monday night and most dissolutely spent on Tuesday morning.William Shakespeare