I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.
Thou shalt not horn in on thy husbands racket
Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.
There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.