Fortune

When Dame Fortune pales
Throw yourself upon the earth
And start collecting snails
— proverb

He who relies on fortune least maintains his position best.
— Machiavelli (1469-1527)

The changes of fortune challenge the reliability of friends.
— Cicero (106-43 BC)

La Dolce Vita

Variety makes life beautiful.
— proverb

Very little is needed to make a happy life.
— Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD)

A good cask makes good wine.
— proverb

Death

There is a cure for everything except death.
— proverb

A good death does honor to a whole life.
— Petrarca

We are but dust and shadow.
— Horace

To have died once is enough.
— Virgil

Unclassifiable

He who scrubs the head of an ass wastes both soap and water.
— proverb

To trust is good, not to trust is better.
— proverb

Without hope we live in desire.
— Dante (1265-1321)