I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.