If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.