Wisdom triumphs over chance.
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
For the gods, instead of what is most pleasing, will give what is most proper. Man is dearer to them than he is to himself.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step.