Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.

It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.