From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

One returns to the place one came from.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.

A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.

Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.