In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.
Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
To learn is to be young, however old.
For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.
There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.
Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.