The result justifies the deed.
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
Tis not always in a physician's power to cure the sick; at times the disease is stronger than trained art.
Adde, quod ingรฉnues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle.
The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all.
The love of fame puts spurs to the mind