Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.
Ὁ βίος βραχὺς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξὺς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή.