When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
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.
Truth is always the first casualty of war.
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.