If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.
Principles have a way of yielding to power.
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.
Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season.
What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul?