Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Wine invents nothing; it only tattles.