If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers love when it turns to hate.
I think it makes small difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. All that is an empty glorification left for those who live.
If god is truly god, he is perfect, lacking nothing.
Gods should not resemble men in their anger!