I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris

It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.

This victory will be your I ruin.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Venus favors the bold.

A thousand ills require a thousand cures.