Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.
Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt.
Pale death approaches with equal step, and knocks indiscriminately at the door of teh cottage, and the portals of the palace.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about your fretted roofs.
The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity