Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Luck cannot change birth.
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
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.
The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.