Our parents, worse than our grandparents, gave birth to us who are worse than they, and we shall in our turn bear offspring still more evil.
Death's dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.
Those who covet much suffer from the want.
Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.