If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.