Those who would learn must suffer. In our own despair, against our will, wisdom comes to us.
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.
Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.