Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.
Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.
Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires.
Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.
How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!