The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
In war, truth is the first casualty.
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.