Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant.
Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.