All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.
It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.
When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
Anyone can be rich in promises.
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.