Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Have patience, heart.

The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost.

The God of War will see fair play-he's often slain that wants to slay!

Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.

And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs

Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.