Dominion is transferred from nation to nation on account of violence and haughtiness.
With what does earth and ashes behave arrogantly? because in his life he erected his back [body]?
The terror of the ill makes a physician shine; Today a king, and tomorrow he falls. [Alternative (1): A long illness mocks the physician (2): A little illness reveals the skill of the healer (3): A whisper of illness makes a doctor happy.]
When a person dies he inherits these: worms, maggots, lice and swarms.
The beginning of pride is to act impudently, and to those that made him he turns away his heart.