One omen is best, to fight in defense of one's country.
Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away.