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).
The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget.
To teach is to delight.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
Busy idleness urges us on.
Brighter than Parian marble.