You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.

It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Soon all of you immortals Will be as dead as we are! Come on then, what are you waiting for? Have you run out of thunderbolts?