It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but themselves.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.