Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

The dispute is still before the judge.

Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.