The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
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).
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.
Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we would live dear.