Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.
It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.
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.
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
It's right to learn, even from the enemy.
A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.