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?
Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season.
A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first.
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.
Principles have a way of yielding to power.
If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.