Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet (to chronicle their deeds).

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

While I am sane I shall compare nothing to the joy of a friend.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.

Nature is harmony in discord.

The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.