Wealth is the sinews of success. - Bion of Borysthenes

Boys throw stones at frogs in fun, but the frogs do not die in fun, but in earnest.

Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.

The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.