Tell me, O muse, of travellers far and wide
Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
One rogue leads another.
A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.