A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
Dead men have no victory.
To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
Our lives ... are but a little while, so let them run as sweetly as you can, and give no thought to grief from day to day. For time is not concerned to keep our hopes, but hurries on its business, and is gone.
We look for good on earth and cannot recognize it when met.
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.