All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.

But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Great things are won by great dangers.

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.

Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.

The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.