The end doesn't justify the means.

I see and approve better things, but follow worse.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?

In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.

Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.

In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.