To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.