Deaf rage that hears no leader.

A virtuous name is the precious only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.

If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the garden! In appearance it may glisten to the eye; but the perishable pleasure of possession quickly avenges the curse of curiosity.

Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

He who never ventures beyond actuality will never win the prize of truth.

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.