Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we experience.
Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments.
Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.
Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.