The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands.

Let there be truth between us.

To like things like, whatever one may ail; There is certain help.

The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never.

It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.