Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
We know the good, we apprehend it clearly; but we can't bring it to achievement.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
The way of God is complex, he is hard for us to predict. He moves the pieces and they come somehow into a kind of order.
Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.
Greatness brings no profit to people. God indeed, when in anger, brings greater ruin to great mens houses.