Evil events from evil causes spring.

[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.

Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .

Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.

First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.

Old age is but a second childhood.

Under every stone lurks a politician.