From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
In war the first casualty is the truth.
So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.