Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.

Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.

While we're talking, time will have meanly run on... pick today's fruits, not relying on the future in the slightest.

You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.

As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.