The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life
The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.
Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.
Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.
As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done.