Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.

Anyone can be rich in promises.

Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand still. As wave is driven on by wave, and, itself pursued, pursues the one before, so the moments of time at once flee and follow, and are ever new.

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years.

Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.