To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
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.
Fate finds for every man; his share of misery.
Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.